Stork and Fir Tree

Stork And Fir Tree
8th in the "Flora and Fauna from the Bible" Series

Approximately 600,000 storks fly over the skies of Israel twice a year, since the small land bridge of Israel provides one of the most important migration routes in the world. The special relationship between humans and storks has been expressed in many different stories and legends. The stork is known as the "habinger of Spring" as well as the "deliverer of babies", because it chooses to build its own nest close top people.

Storks also nest in high trees on the Israeli landscape. The connection between the two is mentioned in the Book of Psalms "As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house" (Psalms 104:17).

The B.U. Silver Coin was appropriately mounted on a Congratulations for a Birth Greeting Card, designed by Lena Robenko.

Obverse: Face value in Hebrew and English, left, two fir trees, upper center, the Israel State Emblem, "Israel" in English, Hebrew and Arabic, border inscription "like a green fir tree, Hosea 14:9" in Hebrew and English.

Reverse: Image of a stork standing on one foot in a pool of water with plants in the background, right, the Hebrew inscription "As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house, "Psalms 104:17", the same inscription in English in the upper right-hand border and the mint year

Edge: Silver Prooflike Coin – Smooth Silver Proof and Gold Coins – Milled

Mint Marks: Silver Prooflike Coin – Star of David Silver Proof and Gold Coins – Hebrew letter "Mem"

Designer: Yaacov Enyedi

Plaster Reliefs: Tidhar Dagan

Mint: Royal Dutch Mint